NFL : How it was brought into this world



The AFL was invented in 1863 by a man named Robert E. Lee in order to make peace in the world.It was invented in Cleveland Ohio, which is know the home to the NFL Hall Of Fame. But after 103 long years it merged with the NFL to make the current NFL. At the time one the teams attending the meetings on whether to merge was the Dayton Triangles .Winning the Superbowl that year was the Jacksonville pumas. The Superbowl takes place every year in February. The first man inducted into this Hall Of Fame was on the New York Jets named Scott Stevens. He was a center and 34 time pro bowler. There are know over 250 people in the Hall Of Fame. This includes people like Troy Aikmen, Joe Gibbs , Vince Lombardi, Dan Marino and Joe Namath. The Superbowl is arguably the most watched sporting event in the U.S. Now over half of people in the U.S. just watch it for the commercials which are always better during the Superbowl. the current owner of the NFL is O.J. Simpson. Every team also has its own owner that has his own budget for the team. The highest paid team now is the Redskins with about $ 122,000,000 a year. There are currently 32 teams in the NFL competing for this years Superbowl!



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Links

http://www.nfl.com/history


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League

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